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	China: Typhoon Soulik Hits Pingtan as Authorities Launch Emergency Response Mechanism
	Pingtan County in east China's Fujian province launched its first-grade emergency response mechanism ahead of the typhoon which landed on the province's central-northern coast on July 13 Saturday. Torrential rains have lashed Pingtan since July 13 Saturday night with precipitation of up to 250 millimeters for some areas. The preventative measures taken by the authorities also include a halt in the construction work of the Yapping Interchange, and most of the workers were transferred to a nearby school. Disaster relief packages - including raincoats, flashlights and sandbags - were prepared. The urban construction department authorities
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	China: First Aviation Rescue Training Base in Henan
	China's first aviation rescue training base was launched in Anyang City of Henan Province on July 16. It will train 100 pilots, including 50 men and 50 women. Besides, it plans to create a total 850 international standard aviation emergency rescue bases across China. "When the Emergency Relief Promotion Center of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was established in 2005, it didn't have the concept of aviation emergency rescue until 27 academicians put forward the idea of establishing a national aviation emergency rescue system in 2009. Chen lauded the establishment of the base as a milestone in the setup of China's aviation emergency rescue sys
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	China: Shanghai to Enhance Emergency Care Efficienc
	Shanghai: Shanghai will strengthen its management of pre-hospital emergency care and improve the efficiency of emergency work, according to the city's health department. Patients should be transferred to hospitals nearest to their homes and, when an ambulance arrives at a hospital; medical staff should complete the transition within 10 minutes, according to a regulation released by the Shanghai Health and Family Planning Commission earlier this month. The summer heat has brought high demand for ambulances in the city. Statistics from Shanghai Medical Emergency Center show the city's ambulances were dispatched more than 7,000 times last week,
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	China: Summer Injuries, Parents Imparted Training
	Beijing: The incidence of accidental injuries for children is higher in the summer, the Beijing Times reports. Historically, the seasonal rise in pediatric injury cases in Beijing starts from July. Statistics show that more than 26 percent of deaths in children are caused by accidental injuries, a number that is increasing by 7 to 10 percent every year. The Beijing Emergency Medical Center recently invited 300 parents and children to learn about safety measures.
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	China: Confusion Delays Rescue
	An injured couple waited more than 34 minutes for an ambulance July 16 Tuesday night due to confusion over which of the city's emergency dispatch services was responsible for sending it out. By the time the ambulance arrived at the hospital, the wife, 57, had died from her injuries. The incident reveals how human error can paralyze Shanghai's emergency dispatch system, which remains fractured in remote areas of the city despite plans to integrate the system city-wide. A witness, surnamed Xi, called for an ambulance at 8:10 pm and reached the Pudong New Area Medical Emergency Center, said an officer surnamed Qiao in the center's communi
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China: Typhoon Soulik Hits Pingtan as Authorities Launch Emergency Response Mechanism

China: First Aviation Rescue Training Base in Henan

China: Shanghai to Enhance Emergency Care Efficienc

China: Summer Injuries, Parents Imparted Training

China: Confusion Delays Rescue

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